How I wish we had somebody half his age that was brave enough to state the blindingly obvious and stick two fingers in the air to the painfully politically correct wankers out there (Ali Mau being one of them)

You may not like what he has to say sometimes but you cannot agrue that he is often wrong.

]]>By: Harriethttp://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/02/bob_jones_on_coroners.html/comment-page-1#comment-1100292
Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:53:49 +0000http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=71780#comment-1100292:….A circus elephant escapes, runs amok and tramples someone to death and the coroner will urge that the government makes us all build elephant-proof fences…”

Elephants maybe…….but not camels……not this week anyway. 😎

]]>By: Pauleastbayhttp://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/02/bob_jones_on_coroners.html/comment-page-1#comment-1100200
Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:06:24 +0000http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=71780#comment-1100200Sorry DVA, just got in from a long day, upper cut to self duly delivered and I will now concentrate on the cricket ,cheers
]]>By: tropicanahttp://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/02/bob_jones_on_coroners.html/comment-page-1#comment-1100197
Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:03:54 +0000http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=71780#comment-1100197Disputes Tribunals are presided over by “Referees”.

Coroners and Referees see themselves as brothers in arms, so to speak. Seems they get together once a year – in my city at least – to slap each other on the back and have a bit of a knees-up, which they unofficially refer to as having a CRAP (Coroners and Referees Annual Pissup).

]]>By: Johnboyhttp://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/02/bob_jones_on_coroners.html/comment-page-1#comment-1100195
Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:03:21 +0000http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=71780#comment-1100195Hard to believe that local lawyers like to pontificate with nonsensical gravitas!

We know you are a MP and we know you are a Green MP but surely not even the Green party wants to interfere in our lives as much as Coroners want to. ??????????????? Tell me it ain’t so Kev.

Bob is right , the coroners job is to officially record the cause of death. What he does in fact is read information supplied to him by the police and the pathologist. Very very few sudden deaths go to inquest anyway and for many of them, the majority of whom are local lawyers it’s there five minutes in the local rag , so they feel obliged to react with over the top gravitas and nonsensical recommendations for a once in a millennium incident.

]]>By: David Garretthttp://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/02/bob_jones_on_coroners.html/comment-page-1#comment-1100182
Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:42:31 +0000http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=71780#comment-1100182Sir Bob tries far too hard to be amusing these days….his central point is well made, but he extrapolates to a silly degree…IMO…
]]>By: KevinHhttp://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/02/bob_jones_on_coroners.html/comment-page-1#comment-1100177
Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:39:39 +0000http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=71780#comment-1100177Sir Bob is being plain silly with his remarks concerning Coroners, we ignore their advice at our peril, extrapolating that advice into a rampaging elephant analogy is plain nonsense.
Increasingly Coroners have become the conscience of the nation, their findings have reverberated within the community at large and eventually results in legislation that counteracts the many difficult issues that Coroners are confronted with.
Personally I welcome their professional opinions and may they continue to publicise the issues that plague us.
]]>By: pqhttp://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/02/bob_jones_on_coroners.html/comment-page-1#comment-1100139
Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:06:38 +0000http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=71780#comment-1100139I remember as a kid hearing about George Wilder, and we thought he was our own famous Ned Kelly, Billy the Kid,our very own wild hero,
]]>By: UglyTruthhttp://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/02/bob_jones_on_coroners.html/comment-page-1#comment-1100125
Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:47:41 +0000http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=71780#comment-1100125These brain farts are what drives the body politic. If you want to fix a problem that’s all well and good, but but nobody has a duty to help you make it happen.
]]>By: OneTrackhttp://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/02/bob_jones_on_coroners.html/comment-page-1#comment-1100112
Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:21:16 +0000http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=71780#comment-1100112No way the government should have to formally respond to these stupid brain farts.
]]>By: 2boyzhttp://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/02/bob_jones_on_coroners.html/comment-page-1#comment-1100057
Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:22:26 +0000http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=71780#comment-1100057Personal responsibilty people!
]]>By: dimehttp://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/02/bob_jones_on_coroners.html/comment-page-1#comment-1100053
Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:16:46 +0000http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=71780#comment-1100053funny.

its a shame that they have turned themselves into a joke. i just shut off when i hear a coroner recommendation now